Dr. Kai Guo received his PhD in Ecology from the Center for Agronomic Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in June 2014. From November 2014 to December 2020, he was an assistant researcher at the Center for Agronomic Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. From January 2021 to April 2024, he was an associate researcher at the Center for Agronomic Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and from April 2024, he was a young researcher at the Center for Agronomic Resources, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include the mechanisms and technology of efficiently utilizing water and soil resources in saline–alkali areas. These include saline water irrigation, salt-tolerant plant cultivation, and water-saving improvement of fertile tillage layer construction in saline–alkali land.
Prof. Xiaojing Liu is a professor at the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and concurrently the director of the Engineering Laboratory for Efficient Utilization of Saline–Alkali Land Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received a bachelor's degree in agronomy from Hebei Agricultural Technology Normal College in 1988, a master's degree in agronomy from Beijing Agricultural University in 1991, and a doctorate in agrochemistry from Tokyo University of Agriculture in 2006. From July 1991 to date, he has worked at the Agricultural Resources Research Center of the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (formerly the Shijiazhuang Institute of Agricultural Modernization, Chinese Academy of Sciences), serving as a research intern, assistant researcher, associate researcher, and researcher. He also served as the director of the Nanpi Ecological Agriculture Experimental Station from 1996 to 2020 and was a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo from 2007 to 2007, and a visiting scholar at Mississippi State University in the United States from 1994 to 1995. His research directions include theoretical and technical research on the efficient utilization of water and soil resources in saline–alkali areas, including saline–alkali land improvement and utilization, safe irrigation with saline water, physiological ecology of plant salt tolerance, and ecological processes in saline–alkali areas.
